Smooth-backed frog
| Smooth-backed frog | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Lithobates |
| Species: | L. psilonota
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithobates psilonota Frost, 2006
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The smooth-backed frog (Lithobates psilonota)[2] is a species of frog in the family Ranidae endemic to Mexico.
Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Lithobates psilonota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58701A53971394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T58701A53971394.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Frost, Darrel (2011). "American Museum of Natural History: Amphibian Species of the World 5.5, an Online Reference". Herpetology. The American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2013-02-17.
Sources[]
- Hillis, D. M., J. S. Frost, and R. G. Webb. (1984) A new species of frog of the Rana tarahumarae group from southwestern Mexico. Copeia '1984: 398–403.
- Hillis, D.M. & Wilcox, T.P. (2005): Phylogeny of the New World true frogs (Rana). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 34(2): 299–314. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.007 PDF fulltext.
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